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posted 11/21/2011, comments (0)|
Country Star Patty Loveless Talks COPD Awareness
On November 16, World COPD Day, Grammy-award winning country music singer, Patty Loveless, was in Washington DC to perform at the Library of Congress as well as to advocate for COPD awareness, a cause that is close to her heart. HealthCentral had the opportunity to sit down with Patty to talk about her experience with losing her sister to... Read more
posted 11/17/2011, comments (0)|
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World COPD Day
World COPD Day 2011 is this Wednesday, November 16. The goal of this annual event, organized by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD), is to improve the awareness and care for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) around the world. The first World COPD Day was in 2002. The... Read more
posted 11/14/2011, comments (0)|
Maintain Your COPD Equipment & Keep It Running So YOU Keep Running
People who have COPD often have a device or two that help with their breathing. My mom has four: Her oxygen concentrator Her liquid oxygen reservoir Her portable Helios oxygen tank Her nebulizer Each one has various parts and attachments that need regular maintenance to stay relatively germ-free and functioning properly. So I thought I'd provide... Read more
posted 11/12/2011, comments (0)|
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Is it COPD or Another Lung Condition? How Can You Tell?
In Part I we talked about how your doctor figures out if you have COPD or if it is asthma or pneumonia instead. Here in Part II we will discuss Pulmonary Fibrosis, Lung Cancer, Black Lung Disease, and also find out what was wrong with Jane’s eye and how they figured it out.COPD vs. IPF (Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis)Idiopathic Pulmonary... Read more
posted 11/01/2011, comments (2)|
5 Tips for Getting Restful Sleep with COPD 
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10 Tips for Exercising with COPD 
7 Signs Your COPD is Getting Worse 
